The Emily Carr Mystery

Liz Austen is back in another hair-raising mystery! The feisty teenage sleuthis in the charming city of Victoria in British Columbia for her best friend'swedding and quickly becomes embroiled not only in her first romance, but in themysterious disappearance of a priceless Emily Carr painting from the statelyThirteen Oaks mansion. Jumping from a boat crash in the harbour to an attack in a cemetery, Liz ison the prowl around Victoria. Readers will recognize the Victoria landmarks suchas the Butchard Gardens, the Emily Car House and the Empress Hotel to name a fewand Wilson gently offers historical bites behind every entry. The Emily CarrMystery is fast paced thriller with our favourite young detective, LizAusten blazing the way. Studded with information about Victoria's rich past andpresent-day landmarks, The Emily Carr Mystery will surely delight bothstudents AND teachers alike. Many young readers have grown up with the Tom and Liz Austen and eagerlyfollow the duo’s antics in each book. Just to let you know how popular thisseries is – one million copies of Eric Wilson's books have been sold aroundthe world. Fans have been clamouring for a new mystery starring his youthfulheroine and in The Emily Carr Mystery, he doesn't disappoint. This bookis a little different however – aside from the signature madcap adventure andrealistic themes, there is also the element of love . In The Emily CarrMystery, Liz is now a teenager experiencing the pangs and joys of her firstromance. Join Liz Austen for an unforgettable summer in beautiful Victoria, BritishColumbia for love, adventure and intrigue!

Liz Austen dives into trouble after arriving in romantic Victoria for the wedding of her best friend, Tiffany. They are swept up in the strange world of the ancient Thirteen Oaks mansion and its troubled inhabitants, the deMornay family.

THREE BOOKS IN ONE! THE EMILY CARR MYSTERY Adventure and suspense await Liz Austen and her friend Tiffany in beautiful Victoria. After dangerous moments on dark ocean waters, the two are swept up in the strange world of the ancient Thirteen Oaks mansion and its troubled inhabitants. THE ST. ANDREWS WEREWOLF When Liz Austen lands a role in a summer production of Annie in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, she meets Emily, who desperately needs a good friend to help her discover her own strength and courage. Liz and her friend Makiko also find themselves investigating the legend of the St. Andrews Werewolf, a series of arsons, and a mysterious mansion on an island where time has stood still. THE INUK MOUNTIE ADVENTURE What is the sinister conspiracy that is code-named CanSell, and how does it threaten Canada? The truth is on a microcassette that Tom Austen must somehow find before a crucial vote by Canadians on the future of their country.

THREE BOOKS IN ONE! THE EMILY CARR MYSTERY Adventure and suspense await Liz Austen and her friend Tiffany in beautiful Victoria. After dangerous moments on dark ocean waters, the two are swept up in the strange world of the ancient Thirteen Oaks mansion and its troubled inhabitants. THE ST. ANDREWS WEREWOLF When Liz Austen lands a role in a summer production of Annie in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, she meets Emily, who desperately needs a good friend to help her discover her own strength and courage. Liz and her friend Makiko also find themselves investigating the legend of the St. Andrews Werewolf, a series of arsons, and a mysterious mansion on an island where time has stood still. THE INUK MOUNTIE ADVENTURE What is the sinister conspiracy that is code-named CanSell, and how does it threaten Canada? The truth is on a microcassette that Tom Austen must somehow find before a crucial vote by Canadians on the future of their country.

At the age of eight, Emily Carr struggles to develop her artistic ability within a strict family and in a conservative time.

Emily Carr is one strange bird. She makes paintings nobody wants, keeps a houseful of animals, and often disappears into the woods in a tiny house on wheels. But even those used to Emily's eccentricities are surprised when she comes home from a trip to buy birdseed with a small, lonely monkey. In Emily's rambunctious household, Woo the monkey is not lonely for long. She snatches at the parrot's feathers, chases the dogs and cats - and completely wins Emily's big heart. But when Woo's mischief turns dangerous, Emily fears she may lose the little friend who brings her so much joy. Will the strength of Emily's love, and Woo's own strength, be enough to save her? In When Emily Carr Met Woo, BC illustrator Dean Griffiths's watercolours capture the mood of the 1920's with historical details of Victoria and its surroundings. Monica Kulling, using prose as simple and expressive as Emily's own brush strokes, retells the true story of one of Canada's most beloved artists - and of her most beloved pet. The book includes historical photos throughout and concludes with a biography of Emily Carr.

Unsettling Encounters radically re-examines Emily Carr's achievement in representing Native life on the Northwest Coast, and her goals and achievements in representing Native villages and totem poles in her paintings and writings. Reconstructing a neglected body of Carr's works that was central in shaping her vision and career makes possible a new assessment of her significance as a leading figure in the history of early twentieth-century Modernism. Unsettling Encounters includes a vivid recreation of the rapidly changing historical and social circumstances in which Carr painted and wrote. She lived and worked in British Columbia at a time when the growing settler population was rapidly taking over and developing the land and its resources. Gerta Moray argues that Carr's work takes on its full significance only when it is seen as a conscious intervention in settler-Native relations. She examines the work in relation to the images of Native peoples that were then being constructed by missionaries and anthropologists and exploited by the promoters of world's fairs and museums. Carr's famous, highly expressive later paintings were based to a great extent on the results of her early experience. At the same time they were a response to new currents in North American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. Moray explores Carr's participation in the Group of Seven's agenda to build a national culture and her sense of her own position as a woman artist in this masculine arena. Unsettling Encounters is the definitive study of Carr's "Indian" images, locating them both within the local context of Canadian history and the wider international currents of visual culture.

Emily Carr in this book talks about her challenging days as a landlady with the parade of tenants causing distractions on her passion as a painter. The Canadian painter and writer reiterate how the building she purchased for living in pursuit of her passion became a place where she cleaned up other people's mess. Filled with over 40 incredible stories that both the old and young will learn from.